World History EncyclopediaThroughout the 19th century, British and Boer settlers (people of largely Dutch ancestry) in Southern Africa were frequent rivals as they established new settlements and competed for resources. #History #BoerWar #BoerWars #BrtiishEmpire #CapeColony #Natal #OrangeFreeState #SouthAfrica #SouthAfricaWar #Transvaal #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/9-323-en/
The Boer War (aka Second Anglo-Boer War, South Africa War, and Second War of Freedom, 1899-1902) was won by the British but only after it employed controversial policies such as scorched-earth tactics and civilian concentration camps, both intended to deprive the Boers of logistical support. #History #BoerWar #Boers #BrtiishEmpire #CapeColony #Natal #OrangeFreeState #SecondBoerWar #SouthAfrica #SouthAfricaWar #Transvaal #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-26354-en/
The causes of the Boer War (aka Second Anglo-Boer War, South Africa War, and Second War of Freedom, 1899-1902) stretched back to the early 19th century and competition for land and resources between British and Boer settlers. #History #Boers #BritishEmpire #CapeColony #Natal #OrangeFreeState #SecondBoerWar #SouthAfrica #SouthAfricaWar #Transvaal #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2937-en/
The siege of Mafeking (1899-1900) was a major engagement in the Boer War (aka South Africa War, 1899-1902). #History #BoerWar #Boers #BritishEmpire #Mafeking #OrangeFreeState #RobertBaden-Powell #SecondBoerWar #SiegeOfMafeking #SouthAfrica #SouthAfricaWar #Transvaal #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2936-en/
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#АнглоБурськаВійна #ІсторіяПівденноїАфрики #БританськаІмперія #Трансвааль #ОранжевийВільнийШтат
#SecondBoerWar #SouthAfricanHistory #BritishEmpire #Transvaal #OrangeFreeState
Stephan Lichtenauer | נח סתו「Lest we forget – SS Mendi 21 February 1917
The #SouthAfricanNativeLabourCorps men aboard her came from a range of social backgrounds, and from a number of different peoples spread over the South African provinces and neighbouring territories. (287 were from #Transvaal, 139 from the #EasternCape, 87 from #Natal, 27 from #NorthernCape, 26 from the #OrangeFreeState, 26 from #Basutoland, eight from #Bechuanaland [#Botswana], five from #WesternCape, one from #Rhodesia and one from #SouthWestAfrica). Most had never seen the sea before this voyage, and very few could swim. The officers and NCOs were white Southern Africans.
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Poignantly, 21 February 2024 did not see military celebrations but the sombre repatriation to South Africa of two SA National Defence force soldiers killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a rebel mortar strike last week.」
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/military-history/lest-we-forget-ss-mendi-21-february-1917/
#Mendi #SouthAfrica #MilitaryHistory #History #WorldWarI #France #Congo #SANDF #SouthAfricanArmy #SouthAfricanNavy #NavalHistory
